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Microsoft Edge Pushes an "All in One Browser" Message on Chrome’s Download Page (windowsreport.com)
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Microsoft is trying a new way to stop users from downloading Google Chrome. If you open the Chrome download page in Microsoft Edge, you may see a new banner at the top. This version looks different from the usual prompts that ask users to stay with Edge.

I'm curious, what if I download Firefox from Edge? πŸ€”

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[–] wioum@lemmy.world 33 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Just a reminder that you dont need to touch Edge to download a browser on w11.

With cmd:

Librewolf: winget install -e --id LibreWolf.LibreWolf

or

Firefox: winget install -e --id Mozilla.Firefox

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But why touch win11 in the first place??

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 30 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Not everyone is as far along in their journey to freedom.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Also some of us are stuck with necessary stupid software that has no Linux releases and doesn't run in proton/wine yet.

[–] whatsgoingdom@rollenspiel.forum 4 points 2 hours ago

I've had great success with winboat for a lot of software including m365.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Did winget replace chocolatey?

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Not replace, but it's an official alternative from M$.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Noted, thanks!

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

winget ships with Windows by default, so it is a particularly good option for folks who don't want to modify their Windows computer much, or have limited permissions.

I understand that Winget is based on chocolatey to some degree.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I guess it's cool that Windows finally has an official package manager.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yes. It is very little, very late.

But it was a huge quality of life relief to me, when I still had a Windows install to deal with.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

But there has to be a twist!